The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #74000

Nancy Stoller, Community Studies, University of California Santa Cruz, HIgh St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, Joe Goldenson, MD, Department of Public Health, San Francisco, Director/Medical Director San Francisco Jail Health Services, 650 5th Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94107, Edward Harrison, CCHP, President, National Commission on Correctional Health Care, 1300 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL 60657-3200, (773) 880-1460, ncchc@ncchc.org, Bruce Trigg, MD, STD Program, District 1, New Mexico Department of Health, 1111 Stanford Drive, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, Shairi Turner, MD, MPH, Harvard School of Public Health- Youth Violence Prevention Center, Harvard University, 677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge 346, Boston, MA 02115, and Donna Willmott, BA, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, 1540 Market St., San FRancisco, CA 94102.

Jails and prisons provide unique challenges to health care providers and to community public health. This session will lead participants through a variety of strategies for addressing these needs, drawing on programs in California, New Mexico, and Massachusetts, and on national programs designed to improve care in correctional settings and mitigate the harm of corrections on community health. 2:30: The San Francisco Public Health Department experience providing direct care in its jails – Joe Goldenson, MD 2:40: The role of the public health clinic in a jail setting: Albuquerque as a case study—Bruce Trigg, MD 2:50: Accreditation and quality outcomes in jails and prisons—Ed Harrison, President, NCCHC 3:00: Public health effects of disproportionate minority confinement—Shairi Turner, MD, MPH 3:10: Advocacy Strategies to mitigate the health impacts of incarceration on prisoners and their families. –Donna Willmott, BA 3:20: Change and development strategies—Open discussion

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to:
• List 4 advantages to public health departments of developing a corrections component.
• Understand the role of accreditation in improving health care for prisoners.
• Describe state and local public health models for providing care to prisoners.
• Describe at least two continuity of care programs for recently released prisoners

Keywords: Jails and Prisons, Access to Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: none
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.